About 4 mil in dead money. About 9 mil in savings. They can always restructure Watt if they want to free up some more money. Not that they really need to. Mink could actually lower the hit this year. And I am presuming they won't throw a boat load of money at DJ...
Well 9 million could pay for a rotational 3 or 4 tech. A grizzled vet with a little tread left on the tires. And if they feel good where they are spend elsewhere.
I think the future with the trenches will solidify with the new assistant GM who is known for liking to build his lines up. I would think at worse the cut downs one is brought in, maybe even via trade.
The Steelers like getting their DL involved in the pass rush. I just don't think they play a sound schematic system to stop the run like they did under LeBeau. It's a choice they made to generate pressure. Combine this with undersized linebackers who are afraid to take on blocks, it's bad news for the run defense. I think they have capable players, just not a capable scheme.
Stephon Tuitt is a person and while the NFL is a business, there is a reason players love their time in Pittsburgh and that's because they often treat guys more than just a moveable part in a machine. They didn't have to do what they did with Shazier or Tuitt, but they did and that absolutely does not go unnoticed by the guys in that locker room.
Yeah. I nearly got teary-eyed reading this drivel. Tuitt played the Steelers for his own benefit - end of. As far a guys in the locker room noticing, the last I checked we had how many all-pros bail on us over the last half decade? Let's not act like Steel City is some kind of magical wonderland where we have the elite lining up to beg to be part of us. That's just bullsh*t fanboy nonsense.
Unfortunately for us, neither does our ownership and coaching staff.
and SN would trade you for a box of nothing and still come out ahead on the deal
Oh f'n, please. How many companies do you know of that allow a year of bereavement leave? Hell, even FMLA is only 12 weeks in most states. Are these companies worried about looking like "unsympathetic a*sholes" if they actually expect you to grieve and show back up within a reasonable amount of time?
The NFL is not your normal business
upgraded to window-licker
I don't wish Tuitt any ill will, and as a Steelers fan I don't have an iota of influence on letting him (or the team) move on. However, along those same lines, wouldn't it have been "classy" for him to not collect each and every one of those 2021 paychecks which amounted to $9 million dollars? Wouldn't that have been classier than cashing in on an entire season in which he clearly never intended to play a single down? For doing absolutely nothing for the team who had already paid him over $45 million dollars for his services, and then retiring months later?
448 won't lash back but I will. No need to a huge ******** to every poster. What he said is spot on you inbred peace of crap. My hope is when they ban you again you don't bring your goofy arse back.
Not saying this is the case, because none of us outside the Tuitt family knows, but it could be he is fine and trying to lend a hand to family members (maybe his parents) who are taking it really hard and NEED him now.
Did you read my comment? I said they could have moved up to get him. They had dumb plans to move up and get Pickett so why not Davis at our biggest area of need.
Pittsburgh Tampons? My turn.
They couldn't afford the move. It was pretty clear, they think (right or wrong) that Pickett is their Franchise QB and didn't move for him and you think they will move for a DT that hasn't prove he is able to play 3 downs ? Come on.
He didn't last till our 2nd pick
What do you base this on? Were you inside his head? It seems to me that everything he said and did was with the hope that he could return. Up until his announcement of retirement, Cam Heyward seemed to believe he wanted to come back. My guess is that he did up until the last moment. Otherwise, why come to the facility this spring? Why have his stuff at his locker ready for OTAs? He wanted to come back, but just realized at this point that his heart would not be in it, which would be dangerous for both himself and his teammates.
